Boris Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 All season tickets to be shewn ? Old spelling of shown, quite common on early railway notices, another example is the original sign at Goathland that says "all tickets to be shewn". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2019 All season tickets to be shewn ? Standard spelling on all the enamelled notices. I think it only became 'shown' on notices produced in the standard black & white rail alphabet style, it had definitely been continued on some of the new 1950s enamel notices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Photo c/o Paul Robinson, Salopshire in 1987, the occasion was a local promotion named 'Ready, Teddy, Go' where children could travel free if they had a teddy bear with them... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trog Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Standard spelling on all the enamelled notices. I think it only became 'shown' on notices produced in the standard black & white rail alphabet style, it had definitely been continued on some of the new 1950s enamel notices. Also often seen on the key panel of older railway drawings 'Up Lines shewn as =====' , and even recently still occasionally used if only to annoy the younger generation. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Yes, there are some things you just have to do... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 14, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2019 What's the point if you can't annoy the younger generation? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 What's the point if you can't annoy the younger generation? Hi Johnster, You are quite correct, they require to be shewn !!! Gibbo. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 14, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2019 They way they used words was different in the olden days, as well as the spelling. I well remember a Victorian cast Iron gents on Preston station, probably long gone now, in 1968 that had an LNWR cast notice stating that 'Gentlemen adjust your dress before leaving'. Was this a prescient exhortation to the modern cross dressing fraternity, who pass through on their way to their various events in Blackpool, or was it a Victorian definition of a gentleman, 'one who adjusts his dress before leaving'. Was there a similar exhortation in the ladies? These are the sort of questions that make life just that little bit more interesting, aren't they. Others include:- . What are occasional tables the rest of the time? . Has Bill Posters been prosecuted yet? . Is there a sale at Allied Carpets? . Have part time traffic signals declared their earnings to the DWP? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 They way they used words was different in the olden days, as well as the spelling. I well remember a Victorian cast Iron gents on Preston station, probably long gone now, in 1968 that had an LNWR cast notice stating that 'Gentlemen adjust your dress before leaving'. Was this a prescient exhortation to the modern cross dressing fraternity, who pass through on their way to their various events in Blackpool, or was it a Victorian definition of a gentleman, 'one who adjusts his dress before leaving'. Was there a similar exhortation in the ladies? These are the sort of questions that make life just that little bit more interesting, aren't they. Others include:- . What are occasional tables the rest of the time? . Has Bill Posters been prosecuted yet? . Is there a sale at Allied Carpets? . Have part time traffic signals declared their earnings to the DWP? Hi Johnster, The sign that make me smile says, "Closed for essential repairs". This always makes me wonder, do they ever do repairs just for the fun of It ? Gibbo. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) I think it is his cap yes, but Biggs had nothing to do with assaulting Driver Mills, he was sitting in one of the gang's two Landrovers at the time and never entered the cab of D326. It was Buster Edwards who koshed him over the back of the head. The witness naming Buster Edwards was unreliable, for many years Buster Edwards ran a flower stall outside Waterloo Station, in 1994 he was found dead by hanging in a lockup within the Leake Street railway arches, Leake St being the dark and gloomy access road which runs underneath the country end of the platforms of Waterloo Station. Edited January 15, 2019 by Pandora 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Were is Not in Service almost every bus I see is going there. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) Were is Not in Service almost every bus I see is going there. Says India on the tyres but it doesn't go there, either. Severn Tunnel's under water, you know... Edited January 15, 2019 by The Johnster 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev52A Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Back on topic (!) , here's one from the early days of the NYMR Goathland on 30th August 1970 with the Q6 taking water Trevor 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 All season tickets to be shewn ? Still in evidence at London meetings of the Continental Railway Circle. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted February 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2019 Bumped Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 12/01/2019 at 12:28, Rugd1022 said: Just found this one elsewhere, anyone recognise the station...? In those days, you probably didn't pay extra for taking a trunk. Unless it was PLA (Ha!! Who remembers that then???) 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 15/01/2019 at 14:07, lmsforever said: Were is Not in Service almost every bus I see is going there. I think it's near Railway Replacement Service, on the coast... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2019 6 hours ago, Mike Storey said: In those days, you probably didn't pay extra for taking a trunk. Unless it was PLA (Ha!! Who remembers that then???) 6 hours ago, Mike Storey said: I think it's near Railway Replacement Service, on the coast... It says India on the tyres, but the bus doesn't go there either.... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) On 19/02/2019 at 19:32, Mike Storey said: In those days, you probably didn't pay extra for taking a trunk. Unless it was PLA (Ha!! Who remembers that then???) Plus of course DL and CL (probably even less remembered than PLA?). I do believe somewhere - unless it was thrown out a good while back we might even have something with one of those labels on it. Edited February 22, 2019 by The Stationmaster 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Well it made me smile 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Those guys obviously work for the CIA - they're working under cover! Davey 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2019 In this case the human side of the heritage railway... "Turn it on !" The crew of British Railways 2MT 78018 topping up the tender at Ramsbottom station on 11th March 2019 during a photo charter organised by the 3P20 Parcels Group... ...after which there was time for the Guard and Fireman to share a joke. Other photos of 78018 from the charter are available here. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 When jeans were something you wore to work not a fashion statement 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 On 12/03/2019 at 21:50, 4630 said: In this case the human side of the heritage railway... "Turn it on !" The crew of British Railways 2MT 78018 topping up the tender at Ramsbottom station on 11th March 2019 during a photo charter organised by the 3P20 Parcels Group... Why is it that I can tell this is recent (without reading the words or seeing the watermark)? There is nothing in the image out of place but I know it's modern, is it just that HD imagery is taken that it so obvious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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